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Celebrating Success for Foster Children on Adoption Day
I spent Saturday at D.C. Superior Court for Adoption Day, with a standing-room only crowd who came to celebrate the 29 children being adopted during this year's ceremony. I've attended Adoption Day for...
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When I first started practicing law with the North Central Legal Assistance Program in Durham, North Carolina, I had the chance to work side by side with neighborhood residents, grassroots leaders and...
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November is National Family Caregivers Month, and it's also Military Family Appreciation Month. There is some important overlap between the two, as we shall soon see. Focused on honoring our veterans...
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Imagine, for a moment, losing your home and having to flee to another state or country. When natural disasters or war strike, these worst fears become reality. As this holiday season approaches, there...
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15 Dos and Don'ts for Helping a Friend With a Sick Child in the Hospital
You want to help. Your friend just admitted her child to the hospital, and it's serious. You don't know what to do, but you want to do something. As the mother of a medically fragile child, I want to...
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Preventing Violence Against Women: Significant Progress, But Much Remains to...
As we participate in 2013's 16 Days of Activism against Gender Violence, my mind returns again and again to Myanmar (also known as Burma). I was privileged to attend the first National Women's...
View ArticleRussia: Repeal the "Foreign Agents Law"
One year ago Russia adopted a "foreign agents law" that imposes restrictions on civil society organizations that take foreign funding. Since then more than a thousand independent non-governmental...
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This post originally appeared on Medium. I never thought I would do a thing like this. We generally have a bad perception of homeless people. I've had my fair share throughout the US, Canada, India and...
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The holiday season is a time of generosity and giving when many people donate their time and resources to help feed the hungry. During these last few weeks, communities across the country will organize...
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That awkward moment when people think you and your dad are married. And that's not just rhetorical Internet speak. My parents and I just got back from a cruise to the Bahamas and two people on separate...
View ArticleLincoln Clarkes' 'Heroines' On Display At Vancouver Museum (PHOTOS)
Lincoln Clarkes' "Heroines," a haunting photo series that shows Vancouver women in the throes of addiction, is gaining new exposure online as it goes on display at the Museum of Vancouver. Clarkes is...
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Typhoon Haiyan disaster highlights the growth of a structural, sustainable solar revolution The picture was heartbreaking and yet also a poignant reminder of human ingenuity and perseverance. Only a...
View ArticleObamas Help Hand Out Thanksgiving Fixings To Needy
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is continuing an annual family tradition by helping to pack bags of food and distribute them to the needy on Thanksgiving eve. Obama, his wife, Michelle,...
View ArticleGetting to 2015: Making Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV a...
Evadius, father of three, sits with his nine-month-old son, Lauben. The whole family has traveled to this health center to attend a Family Support Group, a key intervention in the prevention of...
View ArticleHow Briana McGeough Graduated College With Zero Debt And Thousands Of Dollars...
Briana McGeough graduated from Brown University in 2012 without a penny of student debt to her name. In fact, she left college with $16,000 to spare after covering her expenses. How did she do it?...
View ArticleBlack Friday: The Perpetual Pursuit of Happiness
In America, we like to think we are the best. We have the best language (English), the best system of government (democracy), the best entertainment (Hollywood), the best food (fast food), the best...
View ArticleAnnmarie Klein, Ill. Tornado Survivor, Searches For Missing Cards Left For...
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Annmarie Klein knows she's blessed to have survived the tornado that leveled her family's central Illinois home, and she understands most of the things they lost — the Jacuzzi, 60-inch...
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Holocaust Survivor Leon Gersten Reunites With His Rescuer Czeslaw Polziec For...
Leo Gersten survived the Holocaust because of Czeslaw Polzeic and his family. Yesterday, he was able to properly express his gratitude for the first time in 69 years, as the two men reunited at John F....
View ArticleWhy COP19 Fell Woefully Short of the Urgent Action We Need
History was made at the UN climate talks last week - not by the achievement of a breakthrough in negotiations, unfortunately, but by the unprecedented walk-out by 800 civil society groups and trade...
View ArticleHere I Am: Momentum Is On Our Side; It Is Time for Donors to Step Up
Next week, on December 3rd world leaders will meet in Washington DC for the replenishment conference of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria whose theme, "No time to lose: Sharing...
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